The Sadly Forgotten Man That Made ‘Born to Run’ Boom

He made the most of his one moment

Ernest “Boom” Carter behind the drums with the E Street Band (Image: rollingstone.com)

A split-second before the familiar guitar riffs crash into each other at the start of “Born to Run,” the drums announce The Greatest Song Ever with a thunder you feel in your soul. That thunder continues unabated until the song fades out, at least on the record; once you hear it the first time it never fades from…